Re: Module Ref Counting & ibmphp

From: Srihari Vijayaraghavan
Date: Tue Mar 14 2006 - 22:23:10 EST


--- Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [...]
> No. I don't think this driver likes to be unloaded
> due to the
> instability of the hardware if that happens. So
> let's just let it not
> be unloaded, and hope that the hardware can die in
> peace and never get
> put into any new machines...

Fair enough & thanks for the explanation.

I've quickly tested Stephen's patch, which does the
trick (no more 4.3 billion usages :)).

Note to Stephen: Pls don't remove people in the cc
list. I almost missed your patch & hence my testing of
it.

Thanks




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